Resource list 240709 · k theta healing and metamorphic technique. I am looking forward to using my skills as a volunteer at my local hospice. Last changed: 26/03/09 Elizabeth Baines

Contact: Judith Pidgeon, 01258 475125, [email protected]

Transitus

An holistic network to support a

metamorphosis of approach to physical

death, dying, and the continuity of

consciousness

www.martinsey.org.uk/transitus

Transitus

A continuing journey thorough love

OFFERS:

• A networking and support system

for those committed to working in death, dying and bereavement with spiritual

awareness and intention

• A resource list

of these people, available to members and the general public alike

• An annual gathering for its members

to support one another and network together

• A festival day for its members, professionals, volunteers and the general

public

to disseminate information and to raise awareness about everything we need to

consider when we, or those we care about and for, are dying, or grieving

MORE ABOUT TRANSITUS

Transitus is an holistic Network and Resource List to support a change of approach to physical

death, dying and continuity of consciousness - before, during and after life.

The name ‘Transitus’ comes from the Latin verb transire - meaning here ‘to make a passage

or crossing, from the ending of one phase of life into the birthing of another’.

The Network comprises a growing group of people working in a way that honours all aspects

of life - mind, body, spirit and emotions – that are involved with the sacred process of dying.

Our aims are: to release fears and taboos; support those dying and bereaved; raise awareness

of ‘green’ and family based approaches to death; and to encourage the acceptance of the

concept of continuity of consciousness. The Network also supports its members so that none

of us feels alone. Members include those working with: palliative care nursing, midwifing the

soul; music thanatology; alternative funerals and celebrations; natural burials; grief

counselling; life after death; related workshops; and more.

The Transitus Resource List, regularly compiled and updated, is available by email and post

to those involved and then by request to all seeking information and contacts. The idea of

Transitus is firstly to discover about each other’s services, so that we begin to see the bigger

picture of this movement of which we are a part. We will then disseminate each other’s

information and speed up the spread of the Network. Please help us to do this by sending the

Transitus Resource List to everyone you know who may be interested, making note of any

updates and being mindful of where you send it, for email address security. Our hope is to

see this document in public places everywhere.

At present there is an annual Transitus Spring gathering of members, held in Devon.

Additionally, various events for the public are offered by members in their locality, on an

ongoing basis, such as: a Transitus Festival, workshops, remembrance evenings, talks and

events that shed light on death; and related services.

OUR LONGER TERM AIM

It is our intention to create an ever-expanding web site which will allow people from across

the globe to access information about the whole field of continuity of consciousness, which

sees dying and being born as a similar process.

WITH THANKSWith deep thanks to Sir George Trevelyan for inspiring the co-founders of Transitus: Carmella B’Hahn (Solace),

Judith Pidgeon (The Martinsey Isle Trust) and Janice Dolley (The Wrekin Trust), at the Wrekin Trust’s ‘Death:

The Great Adventure’ weekend in 2004.

We are also greatly indebted to The Natural Death Centre for their pioneering work.

N.B. The information is provided by contributors but Transitus cannot be held responsible for any

misrepresentations. Each member is independent.

Transitus retains the right to delete any name from the Resource List with good reason.

TRANSITUS RESOURCE LIST

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Janice DolleyWrekin Trust

The Granary, Mellow Farm

Hawcross Lane

Redmarley D'Abitot

Glos

GL19 3JQ

Tel. Home:

Tel. Work: 01452 849180

Mobile:

Web site:Job title: Development Director, Wrekin Trust

Experience in post death communication,

finalising a book written with my best friend 18

months after she died; educational and support

work on the continuity of consciousness.

Establishing reality of continuity of conscious,

especially within the mainstream Christian

context.

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Carmella B'HahnBowden House Community

Totnes

Devon

TQ9 7PW

Tel. Home: 01803 867005

Tel. Work:

Mobile:Web site: www.SolaceAlchemy.com

Job title: Grief counsellor/ workshop leader/

author

I am the author of 2 books – Benjaya’s Gifts and

Mourning Has Broken about the transformative

power of grief. I run workshops on Life after Life

and the Continuity of Consciousness and am a

grief counsellor – in person/email/phone. Co-

founder of the Holistic Death and Continuity of

Consciousness Network, Transitus.

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Judith Pidgeon & David Wasley

The Martinsey Isle Trust

Ivy Cottage

Bath Road

Sturminster Newton

Dorset

DT10 1DU

Tel. Home: 01258 475125

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site: www.martinsey.org.uk

Job title: Teacher, Trustee, Facilitator,

Networker

Co-founding trustee of The Martinsey Isle Trust

with David Wasley. Judith - organiser of its

holistic events, talks and workshops, to release

fears and taboos around death, dying and the

continuity of consciousness. Co-Director of ''The

Art of Dying' Project' and producer of play

'Colder Than Here' Studying for MA in Death

and Immortality. Sits with the dying. Funeral

Friend, prison visitor. Co-founder of Transitus

with Carmella B'Hahn. Trustee of The Natural

Death Centre. David - Inspiration for The

Martinsey Isle Trust: the protection of sacred

places & care of earth. Engaged in unique related

research with reference to immortality. Both hope

to create holistic death centre and natural burial

grounds.


Mary Avery14 Medland Avenue

Coventry

CV3 6NW

Tel. Home: 02476 690428

Tel. Work:Mobile: 0770 902 0854

Web site:

Job title:

I have recently taken part in a training in soul

midwifery run by Julie White in Street. I practise

a range of holistic therapies - reiki and seichem,

emotional freedom techniques, emotrance, psych-

k theta healing and metamorphic technique. I am

looking forward to using my skills as a volunteer

at my local hospice.


Elizabeth Baines

20 Lydgate Street

Poundbury

Dorchester

DT1 3SJ

Tel. Home: 01305 261461

Tel. Work:

Mobile:


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Web site: www.padmehealing.co.uk

Job title:

My background is in specialist palliative care

nursing and complementary therapies. I am Lead

Nurse for the complementary health service of a

specialist palliative care charity in Dorset. In my

complementary health practice I work a lot with

Visualisation and Meditation and have a particular

interest in Mindfulness-based approaches and

homeopathy. I have also developed a gentle touch

approach for the dying called Jam-Che.


Janette Blakemore

Sacred Life

3 Belgrave Terrace

Gateshead

NE10 9EE

Tel. Home:

Tel. Work: 0191 422 3088

Mobile:

Web site: www.sacredlife.co.uk

Job title: Interfaith Minister

I offer tailor-made funeral services, advanced

funeral planning and spiritual accompaniment.

Interfaith Minister, speaker, group facilitator and

dance teacher.


Margaret Bradbury

36 Welchgate

Bewdley

Worcestershire

DY12 2AT

Tel. Home: 01299 402755

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:

Job title:

Lifelong interest and search about the nature of

death, dying and the continuity of consciousness

which resulted in recent times in attending

gatherings connected to The Wrekin Trust in

particular "Death the Great Adventure".


Sue BrayneWychcroft

1 The Mead

Cirencester

Glos

GL7 2BB

Tel. Home: 01285 656687

Tel. Work: 01285 710135

Mobile:Web site: www.braynework.com

Job title: Honorary Researcher into End of

Life Experiences

Honorary Researcher into End of Life

Experiences, Trauma and Bereavement

Counsellor. Since 2004 I have been working with

Dr Peter Fenwick, gathering research data on

End-of-Life Experiences (ELEs). My research

work focuses on understanding existential and/or

spiritual processes that often occur as we die to

draw attention to best practice for spiritual end of

life care. We have also produced an ELE

brochure for carers of the dying, which is being

given free to hospices and nursing homes

throughout the UK. My work as a counsellor and

EMDR provider focuses on helping people to

make meaning from painful and challenging life

events.


Sarida BrownSufi Healing Order, Caduceus Journal

Tel. Home: 01926 422388

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:Job title: Acupuncturist, Teacher, Editor

Acupuncturist. Kefayat (international teacher)

Sufi Healing Order, Founding and Consultant

Editor, Caduceus Journal. As part of my

acupuncture and counselling practice, I

accompany people who are facing their dying to

this physical life, and more generally offer

courses on the meaning of dying inspired by the

Sufi understanding that death of the body is an

awakening into the greater life, and that our task

is to help to dispel the fear of dying. Accepting

our dying does give us life. The more we are able

to recognize and experience our existence in many

dimensions, the more we free ourselves from


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identifying with our limited (and nevertheless

valuable) nature of personality and physical body.


Sarah Browne

Chapel Cottage

Lower Street

Okeford Fitzpaine

Dorset

DT11 0RW

Tel. Home: 01258 861808

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:Job title: Shamanic Practitioner

Healer and Soul Midwife, specializing in Ritual

and Ceremony (which embraces Earth Energies,

and the cycles of life-death-rebirth), death in the

community and death and spirituality.


Corinne Bryant14 Pier Walk

Gorleston-on-Sea

Great Yarmouth

Norfolk

NR31 6DA

Tel. Home: 01493 442063

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:

Job title: Complementary Therapist, Soul

Midwife

Whilst working as a spiritual healer I've always

believed in the concept of 'healing into health' yet

often not had the chance to do that as clients felt

they were 'too ill' to have treatments. I've also

helped many bereaved as they know I can

empathise, having experienced bereavement at a

young age. More recently I've become a soul

midwife by learning from Felicity Warner and her

concept of 'gentle dying' and I am now actively

putting that knowledge into practice.


Marolyn BurgessCitizens Advice

66 Park Meadow

Hatfield

Hertfordshire

AL9 5HB

Tel. Home: 01707 891286

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:

Job title: Retired. Now Volunteer/ Consultant

I am retired, and at present am undertaking some

consultancy and voluntary work for my previous

employer, Citizens Advice. I worked in Citizen

Advice for over 37 years, and from 2000-2007

worked nationally to develop CAB's advice

services in health and social care settings,

including services for people with terminal

illnesses. I have also worked as a non-executive

director for the NHS for over 10 years. I hope

that my knowledge of the voluntary sector and the

NHS gained from the above may be of help to the

group.


Anne Bury

October Cottage

Landcross

Bideford

Devon

EX39 5JA

Tel. Home: 01237 421252

Tel. Work:

Mobile: 0781 217 9059

Web site:

Job title:

Am a nurse, sociologist and palliative care

educator, last 12 years working as educationalist

in hospice. Am particularly interested in raising

awareness re death and dying and enhancing care

of dying people through spiritual and creative

means. Would like to run conferences and

workshops for health professionals and public

about death. Am training as a healer and want to

work with people dying and support their soul

journey and also as death and funeral advisor and

celebrant.



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Sue CadenGarden Flat

1 Winifred's Dale

Cavendish Road

Bath

BA1 2UD

Tel. Home: 01225 471288

Tel. Work:Mobile: 07756 903759

Web site:

Job title:

Especially interested in music for the ill and dying

and using music as a healing modality. A

Therapeutic Harp Practitioner and graduate of The

International Harp Therapy Programme with

Christina Tourin of the USA. I provide a 'Cradle

of Sound' for my individual clients and patients by

creatively exploring each person's unique situation

and then designing a soothing musical

environment to enhance their experience and

quality of living and dying. Play Celtic harp and

sing.


Viki Cairns16 Nattadon Road

Chagford

Devon

TQ13 8BE

Tel. Home: 01647 432363

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:

Job title: Celebrant

Involved in setting up a 'green' burial site and am

training to be a funeral advisor with Jane and

Simon at Greenfuse. Celebrant.

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Rupert & Claire Callender

The Green Funeral Company

Old School Farm

Dartington Hall

Totnes

Devon

TQ9 6EB

Tel. Home:

Tel. Work: 01803 863923

Mobile: 07759 890639

Web site: www.thegreenfuneralcompany.co.uk

Job title: Undertaker and Celebrant

We have been undertakers and celebrants since

2000. We are largely self taught, and believe in

honesty, appropriateness and participation. We

have moved to Totnes to work at Dartington Hall

as part of the Landscape Project. Rupert is on the

new board of trustees for the Natural Death

Centre


Jenifer CarrickGlas-y-Dorlan

David Street

St Dogmaels

Pembrokshire

SA43 3HT

Tel. Home: 01239 613777

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:

Job title: Retired Healthcare Professional

Holistic Massage Therapist. A personal interest

as I move into my 7th decade. Work with elderly

and chronically sick people. I wish to prepare

others but especially myself for the dying process.

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Jacqueline ClarkLions Gate

The Hill

Langport

Somerset

TA10 9QF

Tel. Home: 01458 251725

Tel. Work: 01458 251725

Mobile: 0776 349 3058

Web site: www.the-tree-of-life.me

Job title: Interfaith Minister

Trained initially as a counsellor and then as an

Interfaith Minister. I now specialise in the field of

death and dying. As well as creating and

delivering individual funeral ceremonies I am

passionate in wanting to encourage and facilitate

the notion of dying well. I helped set up Arka

Original Funerals in Brighton and worked with

them until moving to the West country a few

years ago.


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Carla Conte57 Kendal Drive

Slough

Berks

SL2 5HU

Tel. Home: 0794 172 1147

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:Job title: Artist

Becoming more interested in issues surrounding

death. Exploring this through documentation and

art. Projects include: visit to Day of the Dead

festival in Mexico, work for The Martinsey Isle

Trust. Future research visits & follow up intended.

Hope to learn more & show what I have learnt.

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Tom Cosgrove

6 Bryanston

Bryanston

Blandford Forum

Dorset

DT11 0PR

Tel. Home: 01258 488849

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:Job title: Consultant Hydrogeologist

The role of hydrogeology and hydrology in

natural burials.

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Charles Cowling69 Mount Street

Redditch

Worc.

B98 7BE

Tel. Home: 01527 595358

Tel. Work:

Mobile: 07702 886 870

Web site:

Job title:

I am a practising celebrant and I am writing a

consumer guide to the death industry – ‘The Good

Funeral Guide’.


Sophie DansieEco Coffins Ltd

5 The Footpath

Coton

Cambridge

CB23 7PX

Tel. Home:

Tel. Work: 01223 655403

Mobile: 0785 563 4028

Web site: www.ecocoffins.com

Job title: Director

I am interested in the idea of making Dying and

Death a richer experience. For me the purchase of

a coffin is part of the whole process of becoming

involved and being present to one of life's biggest

events. This combined with the wish to create an

environmentally-friendly coffin made of recycled

NatureBoard has resulted in my company Eco

Coffins Ltd. I recently attended a 'Preparing for

Dying' workshop with Josefine Speyer and Susan

Morris and am inspired to incorporate their

workshops as part of this experience.


Christoffer de GraalThe Studio

Harford Barn

Tedburn-St-Mary

Exeter

EX6 6BH

Tel. Home: 01647 61241

Tel. Work: 0845 345 8652

Mobile: 07809 236613

Web site:www.movingsound.com/deathanddying

Job title: Musician, Facilitator & Healer

MUSIC for CEREMONIES, GATHERINGS,

BURIALS and FUNERALS: When I play music,

particulaly viola, I create a very still calming

space, that can reflect, enhance or transform an

atmosphere or group energenetic. 1 to 1

SESSIONS: I hold a space for people during

times of transition and loss, recognising it as an

opportunity for powerful, deep core healing.


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WORKSHOPS and RETREATS: Those

shamanic journeys are a powerful ritual

ceremony. They offer a healing space for enquiry

and discovery, holding space to make sense of

lives and events.


Jackie Deakin47 Owls Road

Verwood

Dorset

BH31 6HH

Tel. Home: 01202 828786


Web site:Job title: Indian Head Masseur and Medical

Secretary (NHS)

I have recently discovered Transitus and was

enthralled by the 'Safe Journey' festival in June. I

am now on a course to train as Soul Midwife and

feel I am being drawn, quite forcefully, to this

field of a loving and gentle death. Having

experienced the loss of my brother in his early

40's my journey took me down the path of

spirituality and I feel I am ready to help others

through the tranasition. I am currently learning

counselling skills and NLP. In the meantime I

can offer my services for anyone that needs any

typing, admin or proof reading and would love to

be involved with any events/talks/exhibitions etc.


Janet Dedman8 Wragg Court

Rowley

Cam

Dursley, Glos

GL11 5PN

Tel. Home: 01453 542272

Tel. Work: 01453 542272

Mobile:

Web site:

Job title: Holistic Therapist

I work with clients with stress / emotional

difficulties including fear, grief and other issues

surrounding death. I use Reiki, Seichim, Indian

Head Massage, EFT, Emo Trance and

Kinesiology, intuitively blending these to suit the

needs of my patient and often incorporating

crystals or flower essences. I am always

comfortable, whatever problems my clients bring

me - they often say "I couldn't speak anyone else

about this". Sometimes spirits in their loved ones

join us to help them in their healing process - truly

magical. I often feel as if people have placed their

hearts in my hands. It’s a huge leap of trust and

faith, and I'm deeply honoured by it.


Helen Dolby Glover

52 Highfield

Topsham

Exeter

EX3 0DA

Tel. Home: 01392 877582

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:

Job title:

Trained as counsellor, and experienced in

bereavement care. I have accompanied people as

they crossed the threshold and would like to help

others who are caring for loved ones, possibly by

offering short breaks - 'transition time' - in my

modest home.


Christina Edlund-Plater'Alder'

Bowden House

Totnes

Devon

TQ9 7PW

Tel. Home: 01803 862803

Tel. Work: 01803 762528

Mobile:

Web site:

Job title:

Personal interest through experience, interest in

consciousness generally, live at Bowden and love

to provide practical support for Transitus at this

location.



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Kathryn Edwards30 Redman Buildings

Portpool Lane

London

EC1N 7UA

Tel. Home: 0207 404 2101

Tel. Work:

Mobile: 07770 794887

Web site:Job title: Funeral Celebrant

Works (part-time, ad hoc) as a funeral celebrant,

co-creating funerals in a context that the funeral

trade identifies as 'spiritual but not religious'.

Interested in myth, symbols and storytelling;

indigenous wisdoms and connections with the

ancestors; and in drawing on the practices of the

Dagara tribe of West Africa.


Lesley Edwards (Rev.)Choice Farewells

107 Salisbury Road

Totton

SO40 3HZ

Tel. Home: 02380 861256

Tel. Work:

Mobile:Web site: www.choiceceremonies.co.uk

Job title: Celebrant, priest and minister

Some people find it very difficult to express

publicly their grief and find it helps to have

someone who can articulate their thoughts and

feelings for them. If you decide you would like

someone to help at this time I will fully respect

your personal beliefs, philosophy and experiences.

I am often asked for a spiritual and uplifting

service in preference to a religious rite; so I spend

time getting to know you to make sure you say

farewell in just the way you want.


Jean Francis

Lilac Cottage

28 Depot Road

Horsham

West Sussex

RH13 5HA

Tel. Home: 01403 273754

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:

Job title: Author of associated books including

'Time to Go'.

I have written a book that offers choices enabling

farewell services to be planned where life and

death are interwoven. 'Time to Go' includes

woodland burials and funerals that encompass

many religious beliefs or none at all. All reflect

the importance of saying goodbye. I run 'Plan &

Personalise your Own Funeral' workshops based

on 'Time to Go' and am willing to travel for group

bookings.


Linda Fryer

The Stables Project

11 Bonington Court

York

YO26 4QN

Tel. Home: 01904 792222

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site: www.thestablesproject

Job title: Teacher

Having helped a pupil, my father and then my

partner in crossing the threshold, and being close

to others who've done likewise I acknowledge a

sea change in cultural attitudes and I feel part of it

and want to polish the connection (or keep it

polished!).


Simon GardinerThe Panda Kids Trust

P.O. Box 4389

Glastonbury

Somerset

BA6 0AH

Tel. Home:


Web site:Job title: Soul Midwife / co-ordinator of Trust

* I am raising awareness and funds to manifest the

Panda Kids Trust, whose vision is to create a

centre in nature to support and celebrate children

with life-limiting-conditions. * I am a soul


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midwife. * I share all aspects of my life and work

with my twin soul, Panda, and I have written a

book about our life together, before and after her

physical death, and am currently looking for a

publisher.


Liz GilmourOld Vine Cottage

Bickleton

Barnstaple

North Devon

EX31 3GG

Tel. Home: 01271 861141

Tel. Work:

Mobile: 0786 608 3991

Web site: www.lizgilmour.info

Job title: Natural Healer

After over 20 years working with healing energy,

I have made and continue to make a natural

transition to working with those who are dying

and the elderly. I am discovering ways to enhance

natural healing in the dying process. The more I

learn the more I realise there is to learn. In the

past I been part of the spiritual care team at my

local Hospice as a locum healer. I am a volunteer

at my local Nursing Home. I visit people in their

homes or in care homes, either at the request of

the client or family member. I am working

towards linking up with others who work in this

way to gain deeper understanding of this

wonderful work. An area I am also keen to use

and learn more about is sound for the soul. Am

happy to chat with anyone and share knowledge


Peter GobleBuddhist Hospice Trust

31 Weir Gardens

Rayleigh

Essex

SS6 7TQ

Tel. Home: 01268 741419

Tel. Work: 01268 775521

Mobile: 07951 869265

Web site: www.buddhisthospice.org.uk

Job title: Chairman of The Buddhist Hospice

Trust

Involved with the Buddhist Hospice Trust

("Hospice in the Heart") © for 20 years,

committed to openness to suffering and death in

the midst of life. Practising Buddhist/meditator.

Practising nurse for 50 years. Holotropic

psychotherapist. Teacher, writer, facilitator on

spirituality and health/mental health. Buddhist

Chaplain, Mid-Essex Hospitals NHS Trust.


Geraldine Halls (Dr)Lesingey Cottage

Lesingey

Penzance

Cornwall

TR20 8TQ

Tel. Home: 01736 364841

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:Job title: GP (retired)

During my years as a GP, and before, I had a

special interest in the process of birth and of death

- after 'Death the Great Adventure' my interest in

death and beyond has deepened. Part of the

Transitus team.

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Louise Carron HarrisSentiment Ltd

21 Boundary Road

Wooburn Green

High Wycombe

HP10 0DH

Tel. Home: 01628 523016

Tel. Work:

Mobile: 0789 457 0743

Web site: www.sentiment.co.uk

Job title: Video Production and Event

Planning for the UK Funeral Industry

Sentiment Productions produce beautiful video

and photo montages, slideshow DVDs, tribute

films, pre-recorded messages and Film funerals .

Sentiment plan and organise celebrations of life

events, funerals and farewell parties that are truly

unique. No event or idea is too big, too small or

too unusual.

Other email: [email protected]



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Wendy Hayhurst

53 Avondale Avenue

Hinchley Wood

KT10 0DB

Tel. Home: 0208 398 4871

Tel. Work:

Mobile:Web site: www.amidwifetothedying.com

Job title: A Midwife to the Dying

A multi-faith midwife who will guide and support

you through the dying process by * working with

the spirit and soul of the patient at all levels *

keep a loving vigil * create a sacred and healing

space * recognise and support the individual

needs * give healing sound, touch, smell * ensure

the patient has a loving, dignified and peaceful

death.


Christianne Heal

32 Station Road

Waterbeach

Cambridge

CB25 9HT

Tel. Home: 01223 861709 *

Tel. Work: 01223 861709 *

Mobile:

Web site: www.londoncounselling.org

Job title: Counsellor/ Psychotherapist

I am fascinated by this huge subject and enjoy

exchanging knowledge and experiences with

others. I have run 'Living with Dying' workshops

for 19 years.

* Alternative home and work telephone number:

0207 359 6749


Val Heath3 Austin Memorial Cottage

Magdalene Street

Glastonbury

Somerset

BA6 9EP

Tel. Home: 01458 833606

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:

Job title: Soul Midwife and Trainee Celebrant

Having spent 20 years as an alternative Healer, I

ventured into the world of the Dying and did a

course in Soul Midwifery. I am at present

training with Greenfuse to be a funeral celebrant.


Helen IlesThe Old Exchange

Pier Street

Swansea

SA1 1RY

Tel. Home: 01792 455900

Tel. Work:

Mobile:Web site: www.undercurrents.org

Job title: Film maker

Made a short film on spiritual approach to death

and dying. Interested in facilitating video work

on/with those facing terminal illness.

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Janet James1 Perry Hill

Saltdean

Brighton

BN2 8FT

Tel. Home: 01273 301434

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:Job title: Holistic Practictioner and

Dreamwalk Teacher

Helping women for many years with fertility

problems provoked an interest in the Cycles of

Life. I am now interested in the journey of the

Soul after death and am now teaching a technique

called Dreamwalking, energetically, escorting the

transitioning soul to the Higher realms. This

technique also dispenses with a lot of the fears

surrounding the dying process thus promoting

positive living.



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Norah KennedyIvy Cottage

25 Middle Hill

Stroud

Glos

GL5 1NT

Tel. Home: 01453 751010

Tel. Work: 01453 751010

Mobile:

Web site:

Job title:

I am happy to run willow courses on coffin

making and also weaving a Moses basket (see

also The Martinsey Isle Trust website - Cycles of

Life).


Jen Kershaw

Priestlands House

Priestlands

Sherborne

Dorset

DT9 4HN

Tel. Home: 01935 814525

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:Job title: Accredited counsellor &

psychotherapist

Particular interest in the work of Roger Woolger

which is past life regression work now known as

'Deep Memory Process'. Ancestral Field Work is

a recent development of this.


Sabra LawrenceGlencot Farm

Deans-Bottom Bredegar

Sittingbourne

Kent

ME9 8BG

Tel. Home:


Web site: www.memoriesalwayslinger.co.uk

(in preparation)

Job title: Photographer & Artist & Photo

memorial maker

Visual Research into different ways that other

cultures deal with death, dying, funerals,

memorials, etc. on a personal level.


Valerie LawsTel. Home:


Web site: www.valerielaws.co.uk

Job title: Writer/ Poet/ Playwright/ Performer/

Science Writer

Wellcome Trust Arts Award grant holder for

project on science of dying, leading to multi-

disciplinary work and exhibition/ book/

performances tour (www.thisfatalsubject.org)


Robert LordThe Invisible Community

West Wing One

Chelwood Vachery

Uckfield

TN22 3HR

Tel. Home:

Tel. Work: 0870 321 0246

Mobile:Web site: www.theinvisiblecommunity.org

Job title: Director of The Invisible Community

The Invisible Community (Focus on the afterlife

and afterlife contact). The Invisible Community

seeks to deepen our understanding of the afterlife,

especially the needs of those who have passed

over and ways of facilitating contact. It is

concerned with preparation for death and all that

death brings, but also with preparation for birth

and life before birth. The Invisible Community

has a quarterly newsletter called invisible news

(paper and email versions), a website, and

sponsors events. Goethe says 'if you decide to do

something, Priovidence will come and help you'.

I see Providence as the world of the dead and

challenge you to think about, not grieving, but

how the dead changed your life following their

death.



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Wendy Mason18 Branscombe Close

Babbacombe

Torquay

TQ1 3UQ

Tel. Home: 01803 313455

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:

Job title:

I work in a voluntary capacity at Rowcroft

Hospice, Torquay. I offer hand and foot massage.

I 'sit with' dying people and am available for

families and friends. Visiting in the community.

Also ward library.

Last changed:

Joanna May

15 Worley Ridge

Nailsworth

Stroud

Glos

GL6 0DP

Tel. Home: 01453 836367

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:Job title: School Nurse

My work with the dying as a qualified nurse,

coupled with a deep commitment to my own

spiritual practice, allows me to be open to

facilitating a sacred space for this crucial

transition time. I can work locally with anyone

who needs additional help to be able to stay at

home to die. I am willing to act as an advocate

for close family or friends to facilitate the way

that best honours and respects the dying

individual's wishes.


Margie McCallumPink Coat Funerals

75 Locks Hill

Frome

Somerset

BA11 1ND

Tel. Home: 01373 453800


Web site: www.margiemccallum.com

Job title: Funeral celebrant & companion for

the dying

As an independent Funeral Celebrant I work to

empower and enable people to create meaningful,

personal and richly appropriate funeral

ceremonies for themselves or their loved ones. I

began Pink Coat Funerals because I wanted to

convey that death, for all its loss and grief, can be

a treasured and celebratory time. As a

Companion I encourage and assist the dying to

resolve issues and overcome fears to facilitate a

good and peaceful death. I am currently training

in Soul Midwifery with Julie Elizabeth White. I

find it a deep honour to work with people

encountering death.


Annie McCluskey'Anam Cara'

1 Millend Row

Eastington

Gloucestershire

GL10 3SF

Tel. Home: 01453 828450

Tel. Work:

Mobile: 07748 964906

Web site:

Job title: Spiritual Healer and Medium

Spiritual Healer and Medium who works with

Spirit (incarnate and discarnate) on a number of

levels, including Spirit Release, Soul Loss/

Retrieval, and Transpersonal/ Shamanic

Counselling and Healing.

Last changed:

Jane Morrell & Simon Smith

Green Fuse

7 High Street

Totnes

Devon

TQ9 5NN

Tel. Home:

Tel. Work: 01803 840779

Mobile: 07834 632286

Web site: www.greenfuse.co.uk

Job title: Undertakers


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Green Fuse Contemporary Funerals is run by Jane

Morrell and Simon Smith who conduct funerals

throughout the South Hams, Torbay, Exeter and

Plymouth. We undertake to ensure that each

family has full choice on how they say their final

farewells. Whether cremation or burial, a

conventional or family led funeral, at the

crematorium or in a woodland burial site, we offer

you a full funeral director service and choice of

funeral celebrants. We are members of SAIF.

Other sites:

www.weneedtotalkaboutthefuneral.com

www.funeraladvisers.org,uk

www.nbft.org.uk

Also Simon Smith email: [email protected]


Susan Morris74 Chamberlain House

Phoenix Road

London

NW1 1EU

Tel. Home:

Tel. Work:

Mobile: 0791 420 8993

Web site:Job title: Palliative Care Nurse

An experienced Palliative Care Clinical Nurse

Specialist with extensive experience in all aspects

of Palliative Care in hospices, hospitals and the

community. A trustee for The Natural Death

Centre charity and previously the Befriending

Network charity. Is undertaking the MSc Death

and Society at the University of Bath


Robert Mulliss (Dr)15 Southfield Road

Shepton Mallet

Somerset

BA4 5XF

Tel. Home: 01749 343016

Tel. Work:

Mobile:Web site: www.wessexresearchgroup.org

Job title: Co-ordinator Wessex Research

Group Network

Co-ordinator Wessex Research Group Network.

Trustee of the Wessex Research Trust, holders of

the personal slides of the afterlife of psychic artist

Frederik Lionel Brown. Please see aims and

objectives of the WRG Network on

www.wessexresearchgroup.net.


Barbara Mundy

81 Trinity Road

Wimbledon

London

SW19 8QZ

Tel. Home: 0208 542 6094

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:

Job title:

My work as a rhythmical massage therapist has

led me to take up a voluntary role in a hospice

where I have also begun to offer the sound of the

lyre to those close to the threshold.


Nick Nicholls

22 Salt Quay Moorings

Embankment Road

Kingsbridge

Devon

TQ7 1LN

Tel. Home: 01548 853180

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:Job title: Retired

Occasional contact by the deceased, (usually

known, but sometimes not) who wish to

communicate with those left behind in the form of

poems, or appear lost and require help in some

way before they are able to move on. In

particular, since 1993, contact with deceased

military, in order to aid their continued journey.

Interests also include 'ancestral' and 'past life'

work, dream interpretation, occasional channeled

communications and altered states of

consciousness.



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Barbra PerryCaring-funerals.co.uk

1 Washington House

26 Old Redbridge Road

Southampton

Hampshire

SO15 0NJ

Tel. Home: 02380 866499

Tel. Work: 02380 866499

Mobile: 07792 530122

Web site: www.caring-funerals.co.uk

Job title: Celebrant

Funeral celebrant.


Carol Pool

Serenity Centre Community Interest Company

59 Memorial Road

Hanham

Bristol

BS15 3JD

Tel. Home:

Tel. Work: 0117 949 0046

Mobile: 0794 125 4319

Web site:

Job title:

An organisation established to help reduce the

fear and stress associated with death and

bereavement; provide information and support for

the dying, the bereaved and those who live or

work with them; honour the process of death and

make it as sensitive & gentle an experience as

possible for all concerned; put people in touch

with relevant support groups and organisations;

advise and assist with some of the practicalities

such as arranging a funeral; creating a ceremony;

clearing out belongings; provide support for those

who have had to attend an inquest or switch off a

life support machine; advise about pre-death

planning issues, etc. Softening the sorrow of

death and bereavement and transforming the way

we approach and deal with 'end of life' issues.


Geoff Pullen27 de Montfort Road

Lewes

East Sussex

BN7 1SP

Tel. Home: 01273 478161

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:Job title: Part time counsellor

Buddhist for 25 years and subscribed to Raft

regularly. From March will work as volunteer at

St Marks & St James Hospice. Have attended

Death & Dying weekend at Rigpa. Picked up

Transitus form at Roger Woolger Regression

workshop. Work part time as a counsellor for

Offington Counselling Service in Worthing.

Last changed:

Abigail RobinsonC/O 7 High Street

Totnes

Devon

TQ9 5LH

Tel. Home:

Tel. Work:

Mobile: 07969 703130

Web site:

Job title: Music-Thanatologist

Music-Thanatology supports emotionally,

physically and spiritually through providing a

visceral experience of infinite presence at the end

of life. The metre of the music is played or sung

to the rhythm of the individual's breathing

facilitating an embodiment of deep peace.


Penny Sartori (Dr)Intensive Therapy Unit

Morriston Hospital

Swansea

SA6 6NL

Tel. Home: 01792 298879

Tel. Work: 01792 703471

Mobile: 0796 661 4689

Web site: www.drpennysartori.com

Job title: Staff Nurse & Honorary Research

Fellow/ Lecturer Swansea University

I have a particular interest in near-death

experiences which was sparked by role as a nurse

in intensive care. When experienced death so

frequently and especially after a connection I

made with a patient shortly before he died it made


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me question what is life all about. Is death such a

bad thing that we must subject some patients to

extreme measures simply to keep them alive even

when it is against their wishes? As a result I have

undertaken research into NDEs for which I was

awarded a PhD.


Zambodhi & Ute SchlossmacherEmpathy

C/O Anne Horne, 1 Springhill

Uplands

Stroud

Glos

GL5 1TN

Tel. Home: 01453 759881

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:

Job title:

Zambodhi: registered Social Worker and

movement therapist, Richard Pead: GP St Luke’s

Medical Centre, Stroud. Anne Horne:

anthroposophically trained artistic therapist, Ute:

palliative care RGN, EMPATHY, is a group of

professionals working creatively with issues

relating to death & dying by exploring life &

living, offering workshops, courses, individual

consultations & private care. The work is inspired

by Rudolf Steiner's spiritual science & Marshall

Rosenberg's non violent communication.

Other contacts:

Ute Schlossmacher email: [email protected]

phone: 01453 757793

Last changed:

James ShowersFamily Tree Funeral Company

The Old Painswick Inn

Gloucester St Stroud

Glos

GL5 1QG

Tel. Home:

Tel. Work: 01453 767769

Mobile: 0797 410 2744

Web site: www.familytreefunerals.co.uk

Job title: Funeral Director

Funeral director, with Family Tree Funeral

Company, who specialise in bespoke and personal

send-offs whether they are 'green', blue, red, gold,

or even black!. We have our own mortuary and

'chapel of rest', and work hard to enable the family

and friends of the person who has died to imagine

a funeral that reflects the life, character, and

passions of the person who we are remembering

and to whom we bid farewell. We will also help

write and deliver the ceremony, working with the

beliefs of the main characters involved in the

funeral. We also do public talks; and workshops

on death, dying and funerals with Sue Brayne.


Yuli Somme & Anne BelgraveBellacouche

8 Meldon Road

Chagford

Devon

TQ13 8BG

Tel. Home: 01647 433148

Tel. Work: 01647 432155

Mobile:

Web site: www.bellacouche.com

Job title: Felt maker/shrouds

FELTMAKERS & ARTISTS Anne Belgrave &

Yuli Somme have designed a new and softer

alternative to the coffin. Anne lives on the Welsh

Border, & Yuli on Dartmoor - they have worked

together for several years on this idea, believing

there is a need for funerals that are more relevant

to current lifestyles. THE LEAFSHROUD, The

leaf is an eloquent metaphor for the changing

seasons of a life: the designs make use of this

appropriate woodland image, but the felted wool

leafshroud can be used instead of a coffin for both

woodland and traditional burials. Soft on the

environment too - made from sustainable

materials which will return to nature. Each is

individually made, & constructed of five layers of

strong felt with an integral wooded frame and

handles.


Josefine Speyer20 Heber Road

London

NW2 6AA

Tel. Home: 0208 208 0670



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Web site:Job title: Psychotherapist, MAHPP, UKCP

reg.

Psychotherapist - in private practice in London

since 1985. Offering counselling, psychotherapy

and supervision, also around issues of loss,

bereavement & facing mortality. She co-founded

Natural Death Centre (1991) & Befriending

Network (1994). Co-editor of The Natural Death

Handbook (Rider 2003). Supervisor for the Brent

Bereavement Service. Offers workshops, seminars

and talks on dying, death, and bereavement

related subjects for professional groups, the

general public and at conferences. Interested in

an holistic approach, embracing the spiritual

dimension, informed by: listening to the dying &

preparing for our own death while still healthy;

and her own experience in caring for the dying,

bereavement, ADCs & family organised funerals.


Andrea Steverson12 Reynards Road

Welwyn

Herts

AL6 9TP

Tel. Home: 01438 715806

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:

Job title:

My interest in the phenomenon of death springs

from my precognitive dreams preceding the

sudden unexpected death of my husband 10 years

ago & also from some profound mystical

experiences after his death, all of which informed

& transformed my personal understanding of the

'reality' in which we live. As a local hospice

volunteer (& a retired teacher) I believe the dying

process offers immense potential for spiritual

education/development for all concerned.

However the hospice movement while offering

physical, emotional & spiritual support to those

facing death, does not really engage with the

inherent educational opportunities -dissemination

of information & current scientific research

concerning continuity of consciousnes, N.D.E's

etc.


Jan Stone71b High Street

Glastonbury

Somerset

Tel. Home: 01458 835725


Web site:Job title: Ex teacher

I've been a teacher all my life and have had

responsibility for pastoral care - spiritual and

emotional development. I've had the honour to

work with several children through close

bereavements and have learned so much through

each. I know, through direct experience about life

beyond the veil.


Katrina ThomasThe Coach House

53a St Andrew's Road

Malvern

Worcs

WR14 3PT

Tel. Home:

Tel. Work:

Mobile: 0778 884 7932

Web site:

Job title: Staff Nurse (palliative care)

I am a staff nurse in palliative care working for a

charity in a hospice in Cheltenham. It concerns

me that death may have become too medicalised

and am keen to facilitate a more natural approach

allowing individuals to express their own

particular spirituality.


Brett Walwyn87 Huntingdon Road

Thrapston

Kettering

Northants

NN14 4NF

Tel. Home: 01832 270024


Web site:

Job title: Body Psychotherapist


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Psychotherapy and Bereavement Counselling.

Raising awareness of death and end of life care.

Co-Director of The Martinsey Isle Trust 'The Art

of Dying' Project with Judith. Trustee of The

Natural Death Centre


Felicity WarnerHospice of the Heart

Champ's Land

Brighthay Lane

North Chideock

Bridport

DT6 6JZ

Tel. Home: 01297 489314

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site: www.hospiceoftheheart.org

Job title: Soul Midwife, lecturer and writer

Founder of the World’s only on-line hospice - The

Hospice of the Heart Trust aimed at re-visioning,

de-medicalising all aspects of death and dying and

campaigning for increased compassion in the field

of palliative care. Also runs Soul Midwives.co.uk

(established 2004) a professional training

programme for people wanting to train as Soul

Midwives in UK, Europe and America. Author of

"Gentle Dying" published by Hay House 2008

and "Vigiling" - 2009, the Soul Midwives

Handbook - 2009.

Alternative web sites: www.soulmidwives.co.uk

and www.gentledying.com


Cynthia White17 Home Close

Chillington

Kingsbridge

Devon

TQ7 2LU

Tel. Home: 01548 580582

Tel. Work: 01548 580582

Mobile:

Web site:

Job title:

I am a Core Group Member of IDMA

(International Deep Memory Assoc. - Dr Roger

Woolger). This training gives in depth knowledge

of the death experience & the continuity of

consciousness both personally & with client work

- enabling them not only to experience their own

death but also to resolve unfinished business with

those who have already died. Also a Counsellor,

Member of West County Healing Fellowship,

Music Teacher, Facilitator of support groups,

"Caring for Carers", & Meditation Groups.


Julie White

6 Quarry Batch

Street

Somerset

BA16 0NY

Tel. Home: 01458 840563


Web site: www.soulmidwifery.co.uk

Job title: Soul Midwife, Teacher/Practitioner

My interest in death and dying has a deep

connection to the many years of palliative care in

many settings, aided by a wide range of healing

techniques and philosophies. The initiatory

experience and a gifting of Soul Midwifery has

been the most joyful and difficult Pathways. My

aim is to awaken the art of assisting the dying in

the hearts of everyday people from all

backgrounds and walks of life that we may

reinstate “death” to its holy state of Divine

Immortal Sovereignty.


Sophie Young

The Flat Chagford House

Chagford

Newton Abbot

Devon

TQ13 8BW

Tel. Home: 01647 433915


Web site:Job title: Staff Nurse - Palliative Care Nurse

Spent eleven years as a Buddhist nun where

contemplation of death was part of daily life. Left

the monastic life with intention of working as a

Hospice nurse. Have now worked in this area for

nearly 10 years. Have also had personal


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experience of caring for and being with both my

parents as they died at home.


Elly Yule

2 Steepholm Close

Nottage

Porthcawl

CF36 3TP

Tel. Home: 01656 783098

Tel. Work: 01656 783098

Mobile: 07810 113937

Web site: www.GrassdancerEssences.com

Job title: Healer / Therapist / Teacher / Writer

Healer / Therapist / Counsellor / Spiritual

Midwife with decades of experience in guiding

souls through their Earth Walk from the beginning

to the end. Founder of the international Healing

Prayers Circle which offers free distance healing

to any beings in need (FFI Visit

www.GrassdancerEssences.com). Through her

work has facilitated gentle loving transitions in a

way that has helped the Transitionee and their

families before, during and after. Strongly

believes in the sacredness of our journey into and

out of this life. Since a child has deeply believed

in the continuity of the soul and has experience of

continual proof.

Last changed: 17.07.09


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OTHER DETAILS HELD

James Robinson (Dr)Lampeter University

Dept. of Theology & Religious Studies

Ceredigion

Wales

SA8 7ED

Tel. Home:

Tel. Work:

Mobile:

Web site:

Job title:

M.A.s on 'Death and Immortality', 'Religious

Experience', 'World Religions', 'Indic Studies'

and 'The Body' Covering aspects of death and

immortality. James is working with Jan Hatanaka

on 'The Choice', her experiential work and book

on the Grief Reconciliation Process


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